Kinetic studies of liquid phase ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE) synthesis using macroporous and gelular ion exchange resin catalysts

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 4424-4432

  Umar, M ^b   Patel, D ^a   Saha, B ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Catalysis; ETBE synthesis; Ion exchange resins; Kinetics; Reaction engineering

Indexed keywords

AMBERLYST; CATALYST LOADINGS; ETBE SYNTHESIS; ETHERIFICATION REACTIONS; ETHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER; FEED MOLAR RATIO; HETEROGENEOUS KINETICS; ION-EXCHANGE RESIN CATALYSTS; KINETIC MODELLING; KINETIC STUDY; LANGMUIR-HINSHELWOOD-HOUGEN-WATSON; LIQUID PHASE; MACROPOROUS; OPTIMISATIONS; PUROLITE; QUASI-HOMOGENEOUS MODELS; REACTION CONDITIONS; REACTION ENGINEERING; TERT-BUTYL ALCOHOLS; WATER INHIBITION;

ACTINIDES; ACTIVATION ENERGY; ALCOHOLS; CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; ETHANOL; ETHERS; ION EXCHANGE RESINS; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POSITIVE IONS; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ION EXCHANGE;

EID: 70049083958     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.07.015     Document Type: Article

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